Audrey Niffenegger
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| Audrey Niffenegger | |
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 Audrey Niffenegger (2007) |
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| Born | June 13, 1963 South Haven, Michigan, United States |
| Occupation | Novelist, Artist |
| Nationality | American |
| Writing period | 2003-present |
| Genres | Fiction |
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Audrey Niffenegger (born June 13, 1963 in South Haven, Michigan) is an American writer and artist. She is also a professor in the Interdisciplinary Book Arts MFA Program at the Columbia College Chicago Center for Book and Paper Arts. She is the founding member of T3 or Text 3, an artist and writer's group that also performs and exhibits in Chicago.
Niffenegger's debut novel, The Time Traveler's Wife (2003), was a national bestseller. The Time Traveler's Wife is an unconventional love story that centers on a man with a strange genetic disorder that causes him to unpredictably time-travel and his wife, an artist, who has to cope with his frequent and unpredictable absences. The film version, starring Eric Bana and Rachel McAdams, is due for release in August 2009.
She has also written a graphic novel, or "novel in pictures" as Niffenegger calls it, called The Three Incestuous Sisters. This book tells the story of three unusual sisters who live in a seaside house. Because of the artwork and mood, the book has been compared to the work of Edward Gorey.
Another graphic novel, The Adventuress, was released in September 1, 2006. The 2004 short story 'The Night Bookmobile' is currently being serialised in 'Visual Novel' format in The Guardian newspaper in the UK and can be viewed here.
In March 2009, Niffenegger sold her second novel, Her Fearful Symmetry, for an advance of $5 million to Charles Scribner's Sons, a unit of Simon & Schuster, after a fiercely contested auction. The book is reportedly slated for publication in the fall of 2009.[1]
Niffenegger is also a Faculty member at the North Shore Art League where she teaches the Intermediate & Advanced Printmaking Seminar. [2]
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[edit] Bibliography
[edit] Visual Books
- The Spinster (1986)
- Aberrant Abecedarium (1986)
- The Murderer[3]
- Spring[3]
[edit] Novels
- The Time Traveler's Wife (2003)
[edit] Visual Novels
- The Three Incestuous Sisters (2005)
- The Adventuress (2006)
[edit] Short stories
- "The Night Bookmobile" (2004)
- "Jakob Wywialowski and the Angels" (2004)
- "Prudence: The Cautionary Tale of a Picky Eater" in the book Poisonous Plants at Table (2006)
[edit] References
- ^ Audrey Niffenegger Receives $5 Million Advance for Second Novel [1]
- ^ NSAL : North Shore Art League
- ^ a b Audrey Niffenegger - biography, plus book reviews & excerpts
[edit] External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Audrey Niffenegger |
- Audrey Niffenegger, Her Site, Audrey Niffenegger's official website
- Interview with Audrey Niffenegger, December 2008
- Works by or about Audrey Niffenegger in libraries (WorldCat catalog)
- Printworks Gallery, Art gallery representing Audrey Niffenegger
- Audrey Niffenegger at the Internet Movie Database
- Interview with Writer Unboxed 3/06 about craft, the process of writing and editing, Time Traveler's Wife, The Three Incestuous Sisters, Her Fearful Symmetry, more.
